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Posts tagged “Eggs”

Creamy and Fluffy: How to Make the Best Scrambled Eggs

We honestly think we could eat scrambled eggs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and be very happy. Ok, maybe not every day, but definitely more frequently than is probably good for us! But when you ea...

Quick Tip: Use Salt To Help Clean Up Egg Spills

We're fans of using salt for more than just seasoning. Just like the ever fabulous white vinegar, salt has many uses. We recently saw a new tip for salt, having to do with cleaning up raw egg....

A Better Frittata: Tips from Alice Waters

There are a handful of cookbooks we turn to when we're looking to perfect a classic recipe. Alice Waters' The Art of Simple Food has become one of those books. In it, we found three great tips for mak...

Hannah's Huevos Motuleños
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Huevos Motuleños Category: Vegetarian How long does it take? 30 minutes Name: Hannah Why is it a favorite meal? It’s a tasty, healthy version of a great Mexican brunch dish. I like...

Kasia's Parmesan Polenta with Eggs & Roasted Mushrooms
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Parmesan Polenta with Eggs and Roasted Mushrooms How long does it take? 20 mins (including prep) Category: Vegetarian Name: Kasia Why is it a favorite meal? This is my default lazy dish. Roa...

Jenny's Skillet-Baked Feta and Ricotta "Pie"
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Skillet-Baked Feta and Ricotta "Pie" How long does it take? 40 minutes (5 for prep, 35 in the oven) Category: Vegetarian Name: Jenny Why is it a favorite meal? This is an easy, forgiving dis...

Paul's Uova In Purgatorio
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Uova In Purgatorio How long does it take? 15 minutes Category: Vegetarian Name: Paul Why is it a favorite meal? Quick, rustic, and full of flavor....

What's the Difference? Eggs Over Easy Vs. Sunny Side Up

In a much-loved episode of Reading Rainbow (now getting canceled, so sad!), LeVar Burton visits a diner and gets completely bamboozled by the colorful and confusing line cook lingo. We think of this s...

10-Minute Meal: Scrambled Eggs with Fresh Corn, Goat Cheese, and Oven-Roasted Tomatoes

We're all getting excited about Fall flavors, but technically, the fat lady hasn't sung yet on Summer. There are still mountains of corn and tomatoes at the markets, and if you haven't tried corn and ...

Catherine's Cilbir (Turkish Poached Eggs over Yogurt)
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Cilbir (Turkish Poached Eggs over Yogurt) Category: Vegetarian How long does it take? 20 minutes Name: Catherine Why is it a favorite meal? Yogurt sauce and poached eggs are two of my favori...

Elizabeth's Perfectly Portioned Frittata
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Perfectly Portioned Frittata Category: Omnivore How long does it take? 20 minutes Name: Elizabeth Why is it a favorite meal? I love breakfast for dinner, but mostly, they are so wonderful be...

Dara's Baked Eggs with Summer Vegetables and Capers
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Baked Eggs with Summer Vegetables and Capers How long does it take? About 20 minutes Category: Vegetarian Name: Dara Why is it a favorite meal? Eggs are the ultimate comfort food. This dish ...

Summer Breakfast: Pattypan Squash with Eggs Inside
Sunset

We were flipping through old food magazines when we came across this brilliant idea from Sunset. It may be the best solution for two of our questions from the past month: what to do with pattypan squa...

Basic Techniques: How to Fry an Egg

A fried egg over a simple salad or a bowl of grains and veggies is one of the best quick meals we can think of. It follows that frying a good egg is one of the best basic techniques you can know! Here...

Food Science: The Best Eggs for Meringue and Why

When we talked about making pavlovas last week, one thing we didn't really get into was the best kind of egg whites to use for the meringue. Fresh or old, room-temperature or cold - does it make a dif...

An Almost-Eggless Frittata
The New York Times

We talk a lot about frittatas around here; they're cheap, use up bits of leftover ingredients, and are a quick, easy weeknight meal. But we always follow pretty much the same formula. In the Minimalis...

Weeknight Recipe: Potato, Red Pepper, and Feta Frittata

We're not sure what took us so long to get on the frittata band wagon. Now that we're starting to get the hang of making them, we finally understand what a quick and satisfying weeknight meal they can...

Egg Sandwich Survey: Fried or Scrambled?

We adore breakfast sandwiches with eggs. But up until last weekend, that invariably meant a fried egg. We hadn't ever even considered scrambled eggs on a sandwich. But then we ordered this scrumptious...

Good Question: An Impressive Dish with Fresh Eggs?

Here's one last good question for the week from Julia; we had to sneak this one in before the weekend! The farmers markets here in the Boston area are finally picking up, and I just bought some delici...

Extra-Special Weekend Brunch: Creamy Scrambled Farm Egg With Wild Mushrooms and Herb Purée

What are you making for breakfast this weekend? We have a recipe here from a chef in Massachusetts that may change all your plans. ...

Food Science: Egg Substitutions in Cookies and Brownies

We recently received a question in our Kitchn inbox about substituting yolks for whole eggs in a cookie recipe. Baking is often more chemistry than anything else, so we thought we'd take a look at thi...

Look! Hard Boiled Peeled Eggs at Trader Joe's

Last year Elizabeth played the skeptical shopper and intrepidly tested Born Free's hard boiled peeled eggs. (Verdict: too rubbery.) Most of you were slightly grossed out by the whole eggs-in-a-bag thi...

How to Use Up Hard Boiled Eggs

The surplus of hard boiled eggs left after Easter weekend can feel like a blessing or a curse depending on your particular outlook on eggs and how long they've been lingering in your fridge! Here's a ...

Dorm Living: How To Cook Eggs in the Microwave

Have you ever tried making scrambled eggs in the microwave? They won't win any awards over those cooked on the stove top (or over an open fire!), but these eggs will certainly do a in a pinch. Here's ...

How to Separate an Egg

We just read a tip at Saveur's website and learned something new. No, not about separating an egg in your hands, although that's a good one, too. There's something else......